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If the rooks are that fragile, they will never have NBA careers anyway. It's better to find out what they are like early. Let us play the...
Yup. Last season, Ronny Turiaf got quite a few minutes too, and probably would have gotten more if he hadn't needed heart surgery. Even during...
I probably should amend "who did JVG develop?" to "who did JVG develop when he wasn't forced by injury to do it?" That should take care of Luther...
That was Detroit's philosophy last season: they played their starters until they dropped. Consequently, the best team in the regular season...
Exactly. Depth has to be planted and carefully raised. JVG refuses to do any planting early in the season, then wonders why his harvest is so...
Good to see you again. :D If we do fall behind, we can catch up in a hurry if we have a bomber like Novak on the floor. But even if the...
I too would love to be able to rely on Novak and VSpan in crunch time. But we won't get them to that stage unless we play them early and often.
Maybe the other team was able to come back in the 4th quarter because our starters were gassed. It's a fine line between going hard for wins...
Go back and read the starting article. Your summary of it is nonsense.
This is why I gave the converse so much weight. Teams going through a drought of significant rookies never win the championship. The converse...
Forget my previous post. I missed the other conditions: 4000 assists, etc. To Stupidmoniker: so what? If these super PFs were as common as...
*cough* Tim Duncan *cough*. He hasn't scored 20,000 points yet, but is there any doubt that he will? He has almost 15,000 already.
That's a good point about free agency. You would think that when free agents are available, there would be less of a need to draft well. That...
Hey, after working so hard, I'm the one who needs the Valium, the Pepto Bismol, and the shot of whiskey. :D
Well, I am not really pushing the "causation" aspect. The correlation stands so strongly on its own that it's probably predictive. I think you...
The points as you list them are not converses of each other because you misquoted #1.
I am only pointing out the correlation. I discussed a reasonable explanation for it (GM's astuteness), but I don't really care -- I am only...
I am willing to try it, but you will have to find the database that lists the reasons why each rookie got his playing time. Feel free to do it...
Yes, the 3-year rule includes the championship year itself. So if Novak or JL3 pan out, and JVG doesn't adopt his usual "let 'em rot" attitute...
Thanks. I just want you to note that an "if and only if" condition that holds without exception for 50+ years is very strong. I don't know if...
